execrate
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Is execrate a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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What is the meaning of execrate?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To feel loathing for; to abhor.Examples: "Yet she appeared confident in innocence, and did not tremble, although gazed on and execrated by thousands ; […]"; "And were I not a thing for you and me To execrate in anguish, you would be As indigent a stranger to surprise, I fear, as I was once, and as unwise."transitive
2. (transitive) To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce.Synonyms: anathematize, comminate, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict, obduratetransitive
3. (intransitive, archaic) To invoke a curse; to curse or swear.Examples: "He longed to execrate aloud, to bring his fist down on something violently."archaicintransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary